Opinions of Attendees

Ameer, 27, from Florida, attended the event and had good things to say, a first time attendee to MAS-ICNA, he believed his “circle” in his local community didn’t give him an ideal situation to meet a spouse.

The biggest draw was that it was led by a “matchmaking service, and the popularity of the event itself.”

Overall, he was heavily impressed by the event, and it really drew him to use Pious Hearts for the future, as a matchmaking service.

“It was well organized and it felt that they had a genuine place to present opportunities and to allow people to mingle in a stress-free environment”.

Another female attendee, also thought that the event was very well organized, “everyone had tables to go to, it was very personalized and they developed a way for you to sit down with potential matches”.

The “icebreakers” were really well-put together in terms of kick-starting the right conversations among people in the room.

What really motivated her to go to this event is interacting with Pious hearts even before going to the event.

Questions around background, age, and other important factors were really motivating in a way that allowed them to personalize their experiences to mold their experience upon arrival.

“There were tons of activities to understand the people in the room such as interactive games, riddles, and other activities to evaluate the personalities of the people around them.”

During Sunday’s event, the Pious Hearts team and MAS was able to bring Shaykh Yaser Birjas to greet and share words of wisdom to all guests.

He talked about the ‘5 myths’ about marriage.

Alhamdulillah, all attendees were extremely appreciative and benefited tremendously.

MashaAllah, it was great to see Shaykh Yaser, after his speech, stay to answer public and private questions from all attendees.

On a concluding note, one of the attendees gave a really profound statement on the importance of these types of events:

“Seeing we are children of immigrants, we tend to have such a diverse background and largely work within so many different networks and backgrounds; it becomes very difficult to create a connection.

You could be the wealthiest person out there but we largely need to tap and see other people around us want a deep purpose; being married plays such a pivotal role in a Muslim’s life in a much more spiritual way than meeting people online; this event was really important and events like these have such a deep need in our communities”.

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